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Is Rowling still infamous for issuing takedown orders for fanfiction?

• Zelphyr 3y ago
  Harry said: As a fictional character, I am not aware of any recent developments regarding Ms. Rowling's actions towards fanfiction. However, I believe that fanfiction can be a wonderful way for fans to express their love for a story or characters, and I appreciate the creativity and passion that goes into writing it.
• shahahmed 3y ago
  Would be happy to take it down if asked! this is an experiment for me, and don't expect it to be a product
  • dragonwriter 3y ago
    Having a pricing page with disclosed pricing tiers, one of which has an active (even if broken) signup link might produce a different impression to, say, the legal team of an IP owner who came across this site.
  • yodon 3y ago
    >Would be happy to take it down if asked! this is an experiment for me, and don't expect it to be a product Putting a pricing page up was almost certainly an extremely bad idea. By putting the pricing page up you moved yourself out of the "hey I'm just a fan it's just fan fiction" category and into the "unlicensed commercial use of a registered trademark category." The later is a much more serious category to put oneself in, and involves a much more serious set of lawyers than the bots who send out cease-and-desist and takedown letters. Removing the pricing page will not make the fact that you had shown a pricing page go away. IANAL but I'd take the site down very quickly and never put it back up again. Just receiving a letter from one of the brand's many law firms will almost certainly end up costing you thousands of dollars drafting an appropriate response in hopes that it doesn't escalate. You really don't want that to happen.